What is the population of Gorakhpur?
Gorakhpur has a city population of 674,246. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · India · Asia
Gorakhpur
City population
674,246
#75
in India
#11
in Uttar Pradesh
#819
worldwide
26.766, 83.369 · 640 km from New Delhi
About Gorakhpur
At 83 m above sea level, Gorakhpur holds an 674,246 population and ranks 11th among Uttar Pradesh's 331 listed cities. Located 640 km from New Delhi, it is surrounded by smaller settlements: Pipraich lies 17 km away with 15,856 residents, while Khalīlābād at 30 km has 45,321.
This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#11of 331
Elevation
83 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Kolkata
Coordinates
26.766, 83.369
Record updated
2024-01-07
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 3,732 in IndiaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.
Compared with the World's Largest Cities
City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.
| Name | City population |
|---|---|
| Shanghai | 24.9M |
| Beijing | 19M |
| Shenzhen | 17.5M |
| Guangzhou | 16.1M |
| Kinshasa | 16M |
| Istanbul | 15.7M |
| Lagos | 15.4M |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 14M |
| Chengdu | 13.6M |
| Lahore | 13M |
| Mumbai | 12.7M |
| São Paulo | 12.4M |
| Mexico City | 12.3M |
| Karachi | 11.6M |
| Tianjin | 11.1M |
| Gorakhpur | 674K |
Gorakhpur Population FAQ
Where is Gorakhpur?
Gorakhpur is in Uttar Pradesh, India, 640 km from the capital, New Delhi. Its coordinates are 26.766, 83.369.
How big is Gorakhpur compared with other cities in India?
It is the 75th largest of the 3,732 cities of 15,000 or more listed in India, holding 0.0% of the national population.